Many people tell Meredith Goad that she has the best job in Maine, and most of the time she agrees. Maine has a crazy appetite for food stories, and it’s Meredith’s job to satisfy those cravings with juicy tales from chefs, food producers, local farms, and the state’s fast-growing restaurant scene. Her work appears in Wednesday’s Business section and the Sunday Food & Dining section, and occasionally, but not as often as she’d like, on the front page. A native of Memphis, Tenn., Meredith shamelessly flaunts her knowledge of good barbecue in front of her Yankee friends. She earned a bachelor of science degree in wildlife biology from Colorado State University, then studied science writing at the University of Missouri, where she received a master’s degree in journalism. She spent the first 20 years of her career covering science and environmental news, then switched to features in 2004, just as Portland’s food scene was taking off. Her own most memorable meal? Back in the 1980s, on assignment in Finland, she shared a dinner of reindeer and Russian vodka with Maryland’s governor and a bunch of hungry scientists. Meredith lives in Portland, but spends much of her time off back in Tennessee - either visiting family, or in online archives, researching her family’s history.
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PublishedApril 27, 2016
On the record with Maine’s James Beard finalists
Mike Wiley, Andrew Taylor, Brian Hill and Rob Tod reveal their worst professional disasters, guilty pleasures and dream dining destinations.
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PublishedApril 26, 2016
Maine native Matthew Kenney plans new restaurant in Belfast
Arata will open Memorial Day weekend and serve plant-based cuisine.
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PublishedApril 24, 2016
Going green in the golden years
Environmentally friendly retirement communities are sprouting up around the country as retiring baby boomers get serious about sustainability.
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PublishedApril 24, 2016
These little stone crabs will crawl right into your heart
Basil Cake’s ‘creatures’ are made of stone and recycled utensils.
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PublishedApril 20, 2016
After maple season is over, birch tappers are bringing something new to the table
Birch syrup could bring more flavor – and profits – to the local food scene in the Northeast.
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PublishedApril 19, 2016
Tempo Dulu in Portland’s Danforth Inn gets a new executive chef
Michael MacDonnell, who trained in Southeast Asian cuisine, was the sous chef at Natalie’s at the Camden Harbour Inn.
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PublishedApril 17, 2016
These lobster buoys feed birds rather than marking traps
Suet feeders from the Lobster Buoy Birdhouse Co. attract woodpeckers, chickadees, nuthatches and other hungry birds – and they’re environmentally friendly.
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PublishedApril 13, 2016
‘Birds on Tap’ tours combine lessons in the birds and the beers
Freeport Wild Bird Supply and the Maine Brew Bus team up on tours offering flights of each.
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PublishedApril 12, 2016
Maine Fare food festival in Belfast canceled for 2016
Organizers say they can no longer handle the logistics of putting on such a large event, but they hope to bring it back in some form.
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PublishedApril 10, 2016
The Elder: Waite Maclin
Portland’s elementary school students have him to thank for fruit trees and lessons on how to care for them.
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